Futures and Commodity Market News

Fears 'America first' will prevail

Mar 07, 2018 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) --

The Australian sharemarket retreated on 7 March, with the S&P/ASX 200 shedding 1.01 per cent to close at 5,902 points. BHP Billiton was 1.01 per cent lower at $A29.42, Santos was down 2.57 per cent at $A4.93 and Westpac fell 1.61 per cent to finish at $A29.88. However, Resolute Mining advanced 3.4 per cent to end the session at $A1.22 and Retail Food Group rallied 5.26 per cent to close at $A1.20..